Puerto Rico joins the quarantine measure for the tri-state area; 34 states now listed – Telemundo New York (47)

What you should know

• The governors of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut implemented a joint quarantine restriction last month on travelers from viral hotspot states; travelers from certain states must isolate themselves for 14 days
• As of Tuesday, 34 more states, including Washington, DC, and Puerto Rico, meet the criteria for being on the restricted list, including California and Florida, which recently led New York in all confirmed COVID cases.
• As the national threat grows, so does non-compliance with local compliance; Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he was “appalled” at the video of a packed concert on Long Island over the weekend and launched an investigation.

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NEW YORK – The number of states on the tri-state area quarantine list increased to 34 on Tuesday, adding to Washington, DC and Puerto Rico, as the nation struggles to contain new COVID-19 outbreaks that have already led to California and Florida. ahead of New York in terms of total confirmed cases, Governor Andrew Cuomo said.

Illinois, Kentucky and Minnesota were also among the latest additions to the restricted quarantine list, a joint effort announced last month by Govs. Cuomo, Phil Murphy and Ned Lamont to protect the progress of the tri-state area from the virus.

In addition to the new additions, the list includes: Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Idaho, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota, Nebraska, North Carolina, New Mexico, Nevada, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin.

Out-of-state travel, both in the form of hot spot visitors and locals returning home, have already been linked to new groups in New York and New Jersey in recent weeks. Per quarantine guidelines, travelers entering the tri-state area from states that average daily positive test rates of 10 percent or 10 new cases per 100,000 residents over a seven-day period must be isolated. Cuomo admits that quarantine itself is imperfect. It recently implemented a new mandatory health form for travelers landing at New York airports to try to better enforce quarantine compliance in the Big Apple.

Failure to submit the form, which is also required for travelers arriving in New York by other means, could be fined $ 2,000. Initially, the governor said hotel employees or business partners could alert officials to the violations, and that police officers detaining out-of-state people for traffic violations could enforce quarantine rules. It is unclear how many in total have been fined.

Cuomo says out-of-state travel is one of the two key threats to New York’s sustained progress; the other is decreasing compliance locally. The two are made up of each other, and both seem to intensify.

In New York, more than 130 bars and restaurants in New York City and Long Island were cited for COVID violations over a three-day period beginning Friday. Some may have their liquor licenses temporarily revoked for infractions ranging from unmasked employees and customers to allowing people to congregate.

Forty establishments have had their licenses withdrawn since March, 10 of them since Friday alone, Cuomo said Monday. And he warned for the second time in a week that he may have to close bars and restaurants in New York City again if compliance by companies and individuals does not improve.

However, it is not just about bars and restaurants. Later on Monday, Cuomo tweeted that he was “appalled” by a massive concert in Southampton over the weekend. The video showed people piled on top of each other regardless of physical distance. The governor said the state Department of Health would investigate.

It may be inevitable that New York sees a second wave of COVID, says the governor. Their goal is to minimize the impact as much as possible.

“Where we are is a function of what we do. The numbers are the numbers we make reality. We have to be diligent with our actions,” Cuomo said.

Daily COVID deaths in New York have dropped to single digits or double digits in the past month, even as states like California and Florida are reporting single-day death records for their states. Both states have still just lost a fraction of the number of people New York lost to the virus. The number of COVID deaths confirmed by New York has exceeded 25,100, although the number of deaths likely or possibly attributable to the virus may somehow exceed 30,000.

New Jersey has nearly 16,000 confirmed and probable COVID deaths. Both he and New York have slowed or paused their reopens amid the national boom record. They are among at least 21 states that have done the same.

The entire state of New York is in the fourth and final phase of Cuomo’s reopening, although New York City has taken a modified approach to the latter two amid evidence suggesting an increased risk of closed spaces. Murphy has yet to set a date for New Jersey’s entry into Stage 3, the final phase of its reopening.

Nor is it about being pushed to establish one too soon.

“The evidence is overwhelming that the virus is much more deadly indoors, particularly when you are sedentary, lack of ventilation, you remove the mask by definition to eat or drink,” Murphy told CNN on Monday. “We also saw what was happening in other states where the virus was at its peak, most of it due to indoor activity. We said you know what, we want to get to indoor activity, our restaurants are being crushed but we just aren’t we think and continue not to think that we are still there in terms of doing it responsibly. Hopefully sooner rather than later, but not yet. “

The country’s leading experts say the COVID threat can only disintegrate once there is a vaccine or effective treatment. Hopeful news on the first front came on Monday. The largest trial to date of an experimental vaccine began, with the first of some 30,000 Americans submitting to receive vaccines created by the US government as part of the global race to stop the pandemic.

“I’m excited to be a part of something like this. This is huge,” said Melissa Harting, a 36-year-old nurse who received an injection in Binghamton, New York.

NOS, pharmacist Pfizer and German biotech BioNTech said they also started their advanced-stage human trial for a possible coronavirus vaccine on Monday.

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